Critical Illness

Critical Illness

CIExpert describes Scottish Widows CI changes as 'progressive'

Alan Lakey, director of CIExpert analyses the latest changes from Scottish Widows to its Protect critical illness product.

clock 20 February 2017 • 2 min read

Critical Illness

Claims statistics: A reminder that the protection industry is not the sole preserve of insurers

Alan Lakey defends the publication of claims statistics and argues that insurers should go much further.

clock 10 February 2017 • 2 min read

Individual Protection

Unusual Risks launches HIV and Finance events across UK

Unusual Risks has announced the UK's first ever 'HIV & Finance Tour' in partnership with Terrence Higgins Trust.

clock 25 January 2017 • 1 min read

Individual Protection

Public still believes protection is 'too expensive'

Nearly one in three people who don't have protection insurance have said they believe the products are too expensive, according to a study from Royal London.

clock 25 January 2017 • 2 min read

Individual Protection

Q3 protection sales increase by £10.5 million

Protection insurance sales in Q3 2016 jumped by 8.2% (£10.5 million) to £139.3 million according to analysis from Equifax Touchstone.

clock 19 December 2016 • 1 min read

Individual Protection

Three intermediary firms join UnderwriteMe

UnderwriteMe has been chosen by three further, high profile intermediaries: Assured Futures, Tuto and Future Proof.

clock 12 December 2016 • 2 min read

Critical Illness

CI case study: "What quality of life do you want for yourself?"

A client of adviser firm Vita discusses how her life has changed since being diagnosed with cancer.

clock 07 December 2016 • 3 min read

Individual Protection

More than 13 million UK women lack a financial safety net

For nearly three in ten (28%) women in the UK, the inability to support themselves or their families financially is their greatest financial fear, according to research.

clock 30 November 2016 • 2 min read

Individual Protection

Do UK insurers understand how their customers feel?

Do UK life insurance companies know, or ever try and understand, how their customers feel during the hardest times in their lives, asks Roger Edwards.

clock 22 November 2016 • 7 min read

PMI

Dementia overtakes heart disease as leading cause of death in UK

Dementia and Alzheimer disease has replaced ischaemic heart diseases as the leading cause of death in England and Wales.

clock 15 November 2016 • 1 min read